Article dispensing device



NOV. 8, D MS ARTICLE DISPENSING DEVICE Filed Sept. 15. 1950' 5 SPets-Sheet 1 1932- E. F. ADAMS ,339

ARTICLE DISPENSING DEVICE Filed Sept. 15, 1930 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEY E. F. ADAMS Nov. 8, 1932.

ARTICLE DISPENS ING DEVICE Filed Sept. 15, 1950 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Patented Nov. 8, 1932 ERI r. ADAMS. on Form LAUFDEBDALEV-FLORIDAIF ARTICLE nrsrnnsme nnvicn Applicationfiiea September 15, 1930. Serial waft-432,121. =f

ThiSiiILVBlltiOIl relatesw-to dispensingde.-.

vices and has-particular relationtothat class of dispensingdevices wherein .articles are removed singly-from :a container through the "operation-10f 1 a :member mounted upon the container; adapted-for dispensing; cigarettes.

. To this end, the invention includes a container having. a compartn-lent. or magazine.

for. the'storage of. cigarettesor other articles which are. singlyfed to the elevating device,- together. with a membermovable .pivotallyupon the container; and. capable ofgripping and-removing; the elevated. article.

Another objectof. the inventionis the provisionof novel means forv operating the may be actuated-."through the. operation of a single controlling member.

With-the above and other objects *in view,- the invention further. includes the following novel features. anddetails of construction; tobe. hereinafter --more fully,described, il-v lustrated, in the accompanying drawings. and pointed -:out in: the appended claims. V

In the drawings Figure 1 is .a sideelevatizon of: theiiI lVeIk.

tion with the parts in positionprior to the a removal. ofa cigarette;

Figure 2 shows thecigarette removed.

Figure3 is [a front. view with the parts in' the-position shownnin Figure 2.

Figure/i is a toprplani view with the parts a in. the position shown. in .Figure l.

sectionon the line .5'5-of. F1gure:;3 Sh-OWHlg: the parts-in normal :'posi-:

Figure 5 is a tion.

Figure 6 is a sectiononithe .line 6 6oflgure; 5 with .parts broken away.

showing the position ofv-the parts just priortotheremoval-of .a cigarette. i I

Figure ,8 is a section 0njthe1line8+8= of Figure 6. 7

theiinvention being especially members 30. r The members 30 Figure :9 is-a' detail perspectivei'view' of thes elevatingnyokei 1.

.Fig'ure: -10:is a likeviewiof-therock shaft F f'gure: '11 is :a detail perspective view off the; transfen member.

F igure! 12 .is a similar view ofith'e aw actu' l atingrod f Y Figure; 13- is a detail perspective view of? th 'ianticl'efeeding member. Y 7 Referringztothe drawings in detail; where- 3 in like characters of reference denote=-corre= spondi-ng parts,- theireference c'haracten 15in dicates-a housing. which may be of. anyde sirable 1 size or configuration and: which A elfcloses a compartment .or magazine 16; --The magazin'eiincludes endvwal1s'17: and a frontmechanisms above referred to, which. 1s isim- 1 ple inconstruct1on,;reliable in use, and which walls 18, togethenwith a curved bottomwalh 19. The wait 18iterminates: short'iof the bot-"v tom; wvalli 19; so as :to provide an opening: 20 F Wherebythe magazine 16 may? communicate a ClOOZEIQQ IWhElOh. is hingedly: mounted asi'at'23 and Whichis normally heldiih'closed position' byJ' -means of a resilient latchm24. The top:- of the compartment is :provided with a door -Mova'blein: bearings provided in the end 29.-whichcarries spaced article receivin'g' are adapted to receive singly, the magazine 16 to the'dispensin'gcompartment 21, the said articles passing through rth'e i ,openlng 20.1 N ormally; Figure?- 1s a view similar to F igure5 but this v openmgif' is sho'wnin Figure '5 of the drawingsito close 25.. whicht'iis pivotally. mounted' as shown-lat walls 417 .is a rock shaft 27: and the shaft .27

. extends beyond the walls 17: and has rigidly secured. thereto the side arms 28405 a yo'keg :the side arms being conne'cted'by a crossarm articles transferred from 1855 .1 closedby means of a transversely: angular' amem'ber-31 which is normally arranged Qs "of the rod is provided with a notch which is provided with a cam slot 34, the latter receiving a finger or lateral extension which is carried by one of the side arms 28 of the yoke.

Mounted for rocking movement in the end walls 17 below the bottom 19 is a shaft 36. This shaft is illustrated in Figure 13 of the drawings and includes offset fingers 37 which are adapted to be projected through openings 38 provided in the wall 19, and which are connected by a'rod 39. The shaft '36 carries a crank arm 4O at one end and this arm has connected thereto one end of-a link 41 which receives an oifset portion 42 provided in one of the arms 28 of the yoke. A bumper strip 43 is provided in the bottom'of the dispensing compartment 21 for engagement by the cross bar 29 of the yoke, and a spring '44 attached to the crank arm yieldingly "resists rocking movement of the shaft 36.

'Pivotally mounted upon the top of the housing 15 in bearing brackets 45 is a member 46. This member may be of any suits able shape or configuration and preferably represents an animal or bird. The member shown simulates arr-alligator in upright position and includes a rigid jaw 47 andamovable jaw 48 which is pivotally mounted as shown at 49. A spring 50 yieldingly holds The body of the 5.3 eccentric to the pivot 51 and movable with respect to said pivot 51. The opposite end 54 which is adapted to receive a projection 55 at the inner end of the jaw 49, while the'end 56 of the rod 52 is adapted to engage an inclined surface 57 providedin the head of the alligator. A spring 58 acts to'yieldingly force the rod into engagementwith the projection 55oftheja-W48. r?

'Pivotally secured to the alligator as shown at 59 is one end of a rod 60. This rod has its other end pivotally secured to an arm 61 which is carried by the rock shaft27. I Extending from one of the arms 28 of the yoke is an arm 62, and pivotally secured to the end of this arm is'a rod 63 which is movable through an opening 64 provided in the top of the housing 15. A finger piece 65 is mounted upon the upper end of this rod.

The top of the housing is provided with a removable plate 66 for the purpose of filling the magazine, the said plate carrying a finger -The,rock shaft 27 is surrounded by a coiled spring 68 and one end 69 of this spring bears against the under side of the bottom wall 19, while the opposite end is engaged around the arm 61 of'the rock shaft 27 and acts to yieldingly resistrocking movement of the shaft in onedirection.

A spring arm 7 0 connectsthe arm 33 with closed.

a door 25 so that when the arm 33 is moved the door will be opened and closed.

In the operation of the invention, depression of the finger piece 65 will move the article elevator or yoke upward, but the holders 30 do not contain anarticle, none will be delivered. However, this depression of the finger piece 65 will, through the engagement of the arm 33 with the side arm of the yoke, move said arm 33 upward in an anticlockwise direction so that the angular closure member 31 will move inward, whereupon thevertical portion of this closure member will assume a horizontal position, and the horizontal portion will assume a vertical positionso that the opening 20 will still be When the arm 29 of the yoke moves upward, the offset portion 42 of said arm will 1 engage the end of-the link 41 just orior to the limit of upward movement of the arm 28. Further movement will rock the shaft 36 and cause the spaced-arms 37 to be projected inward through the openings 38 in the bottom 19 and will force a cigarette into the closure or transfer'member 31 as shown in Figure 7 of the drawings. When pressure upon the finger piece 65 is relieved, the yoke will move downward under the tension of the spring 68 and the arm 33 will move in a reverse clockwise direction to transfer the cigarette from the position shown in Figure 7' into the holders 30 which will then occupy the position shown in Figure 5; 5

As the elevator-has been loaded, another downward pressure upon the finger piece 65 willraise the elevator upward, and as the arm 33 moves in an anti-clockwise direction as previously described, the door 25 will be opened due to its connection with the arm through the spring arm 7 0. During upwarc movement of the elevator, the shaft 2. will I be rocked to'move its arm 61 downward, and this movement will pull the rod 60-and will swing the alligator upon its pivot 51 so that its jaws 47'and 48 will enter the upper end of the dispensing compartment 21. During this downward movement of the alligator, the rod 52 due to its eccentric pivotal connection, will move outwardso that the exten sion 55 at the inner end of the jaw 48 will engage within the notch 54 so that the jaws will be opened. The jaws will be fully opened when they enter the uppr end of the compartment 21 and will be positioned upon opposite sides of the article within the holders 30. Continued movement of the rod 52 will cause the end 56 ofthe said rod to engage the inclined surface 57 within the head of the alligator, so that the rod will 'be disengaged from the extension 55 of the jaw and the latter will be released to tightly grip the article.' When pressure is released on the finger piece 65, the parts will return to normal position with the article between the jaws of the alligator as shown in Figures 2 and 3 of the drawings. After the elevator has once been loaded, each operation of the device Will deliver an article, for example, a cigarette;

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportions and minor to provide an opening, a rock shaft, a closure carried by the rock shaft and normally arranged to prevent the passage of articles through said opening, means included in the closure to transfer articles singly from the magazine to the dispensing compartment when the closure is operated, an elevator movable Within the dispensing compartment to receive a single article and elevate the same, a member mounted for pivotalmovement upon the outside of the housing and having its free end movable into and out of the housing opening, movable gripping means at the free end of said member to grip an elevated article and remove the same from the dispensing compartment, a slotted arm on the rock shaft and operable in an anti-clockwise direction to move the closure, operate the elevator and move the pivotally mounted member, and means controlled by the operating member to operate the gripping means.

2. In an article dispensing device, a housing having an opening therein, a partition dividing the housing into a magazine adapted to contain articles to be delivered and a dispensing compartment, said partition terminat-ing short of the bottom of the magazine to provide an opening, a rock shaft, transversely angular closure rigid with the rock shaft and normally arranged to prevent the passage of articles through said opening and adapted to transfer articles singly from the magazine to the dispensing compartment when the closure is operated, an elevator movable Within the dispensing compartment to receive a single article and elevate the same, a member mounted for pivotal movement upon the outside of the housing and having its free end movable into and out of the housing opening, movable gripping means at the free end of said member to grip an elevated article and remove the same from the dispensing compartment,-a member on the rock shaft operable to move the closure, operate the elevator and move the plvotally mounted member, and means controlled by the operating.

member to operate thegripping means.

, 3. In an article dispensing device, a housing-having an opening therein, a partition dividing the housing into a magazine adapted to-contain articles to be deliverediand a dispensing compartment said magazine having a slotted bottom Wall, said partitionv terminating short ofthe bottom of the magazine to provide an opening, a movable closure normally arranged-to prevent the passage of articles through said openingjlmean's included in the closure to transfer articles'singly from the magazine to the dispensingeompartmcnt when the closure is operated, a pivotally mounted yoke normallyrdisposed. at the bottom of the dispensing compartment, an article container carried by the yoke means including anoperating rod to'move the. yoke pivotally' and elevate the articlecontainen'a member mounted for pivotal movement upon the I outside of the housingand having its free end movable intoand out of thehousing opening, means actuated bymovement. of the yoke toimove said member pivotally, means at the outerzend of said. member togrip an article carried by the elevatedtcontainer and removesaid article, means to operate the grip-- ping means, and means actuated through the slotted'bottom of-the magazine by the movetment of the yoke to feed the" article to the article transferring means;

4. In'a'n article dispensing device,,a housing having an opening therein, a partition di-.

viding-c-the housing: into a magazine adapted to contain'articles to be deliveredand a dispensing compartment, said, partition termihating short of the bottom of the magazine to providean opening, a movable closure normally arranged to preventithe passage; of-articles through said opening, means included in the closure to transfer articles singly from the magazine to, the dispensing compartment When the" closure" is operated, a pivotally mounted spring pressed yoke normally disposed at the bottom of the dispensing compartment, means inthe dispensing compartmentvand Withwhich the yoke engages for absorbing the shock of the latter, an article container carried by the yoke, means including: an operating rod to move the yoke pivotally and elevate the article container, a member mounted forpivotal movement upon the outside of the housing and having its free end movable into and out the housing opening, means actuated by move-V ment of the yoke to move said member'piv: otally, means at the'outer'end of said member to grip an articlecarried by the elevated container and remove said article, and means ac tuated by movement of the pivotally mounted member to actuate the article gripping means;

5. In an article dispensing device, a housing having an opening therein, a partition dividing the housing into a magazine adapted to contain articles to be delivered and a dispensing compartment, said partition terminating short of the bottom of the magazine to i provide an opening, a movable closure normally arranged toprevent the passage of aror ticles through said'opening, means included in the closure to transfer articles singly from themagazine to the dispensing compartment When the closure is operated, a rock shaft mounted below: the magazine, spaced arms carried by said shaft and adapted to be projected. into the magazine to feed articles to the article transferring means,

"an elevator movable Within the dispensing compartment-to receive a single article and V elevate the same, means to remove an elevated article, and means to operate the rock shaft to feed an article to the transfer means when the elevator reachesits limit of upward movement. v v

6.v In an article dispensing device, a housing having an opening therein, a partition dividing the housing into a magazine anda disensin com artment means to transfer articles singly from the magazine tothe dispensing compartment, mea-ns'tozelevate the transferred article, a member pivotally mounted I upon the housing, normally closedgripping jaws carried by said member and adapted to be lowered into the dispensing compartment and grip an elevated article, an operating rod,

means operatively associated with said rod' to move said member pivotally, 'a spring pressed rod'having one endpivoted eccentric to the pivotal point of said pivotally movable member, and means at the other end of the last referred to rod to engage one of the grip ping jaws and move thelatter to open posi- 'tion, and means formed onthe other of said grippmg aws to retain the latter in closed position. a v

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature. a ERI F. ADAMS. 

